2003 PR5 roofrack?
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yellowp5boi
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I believe they were about $300 canadian. They are huge and fit any Thule or Yakima box/ski rack. Only complaint is the noise with the sunroof open, above 40 mph it is almost deafening!
Roof rack was extrememly easy to take off, only about 5 minutes and from the outside. And they do create a good amount of window noise, kinda of a negative result of placing a rail right over the sunroof. Notice on some other cars that the front rail is set little back from the sunroof.
LovemyProtege
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How hard is it to take off the roof rack completley and whoud i have to get anything painted afterwards. Also where can I pick up one of those canadian racks
WaatDaHell
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Sir Nuke said:
I know it's been a while since you guys posted your quotes but at least I have an answer to your question. It's not in the manual like you said. However, when you purchased a US Model P5, you were supposed to receive a copy of the "Roof Rack Manual." It's separate from the Owner's manual that's why you can find it in there. And regarding 2003.5 models, eventhough the salesmen refuse to state "2003.5," the roof rack is now a stand-alone accessory. The P5 comes without the roof rack, but it can be requested. The salesman said that there's no price difference, but the Mazdausa.com site states that it's about $225 I believe to get the Roof Rack now. They need to educate their own people within their company to know what their selling because it's pathetic how much they know of their products. Anyway, if you want the roof rack, it now comes with a rubber piece wit jagged edges in front of the front crossbar to reduce wind noise. From what I heard, it's a huge difference.
They just switched over to the 2003.5 as you put it. I got alot of info about it from my sales rep. Because everyone complained about the roof rack making too much noise, all 2003.5s still come with it, but the cross beams are not installed by default. The dealer will put them on for you if you ask, but only if you agree not to complain about the wind noise if you are chosen for The JD Pwr Assoc. survey.
Furthermore, 2004 will NOT have the roof rack option at all. The roof rack is the only reason why the car isn't getting a perfect score from JD Pwr so they are giving it the axe...thanks to all the people who didn't listen to their dealer and complained about it anyway.
A roof rack causes wind noise...its a fact. Anyone who skis knows this. There is no way around it. The roof rack on a $40K Tahoe has the same problem. Get used to it or take it off.
Furthermore, 2004 will NOT have the roof rack option at all. The roof rack is the only reason why the car isn't getting a perfect score from JD Pwr so they are giving it the axe...thanks to all the people who didn't listen to their dealer and complained about it anyway.
A roof rack causes wind noise...its a fact. Anyone who skis knows this. There is no way around it. The roof rack on a $40K Tahoe has the same problem. Get used to it or take it off.
Just picked up my P5 from the dealership on Monday. The deal w/the roof rack is that they are now all coming in w/o them. Before, you either got a roof rack or a subwoofer standard. If you got the rack, the subwoofer was $250 to add, if you got the sub, the rack was $250 to add. Now, they are all coming in with the sub only.
chuyler1 said:
I don't have it in mine, but when I went in to pick it up, they had cleaned up one with a sub in it by accident. I got in it and gave it a listen....made me want to add it before I drove off (I didn't though). The thing is round and sits in the inside of the spare in under the spare cover. Pretty good place for it.
